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🏀 Jokić makes history, Nuggets lose: Nikola Jokić posted a 61-point triple-double (the most points ever scored as part of a triple-double)… in the Nuggets' 140-139 (2OT) loss to the Timberwolves. Denver is now 0-3 when he scores 50+ points.
🏈 New rules for 2025: NFL owners approved a variety of rule changes on Tuesday. Among them: Hawk-Eye cameras will measure first downs, both teams will possess the ball in OT during the regular season, and touchbacks will be spotted on the 35-yard line (as opposed to the 30).
🏀 Wooden Award finalists: Cooper Flagg (Duke), Johni Broome (Auburn) and Walter Clayton Jr. (Florida) headline the men's finalists, while fellow Final Four participants Paige Bueckers (UConn), Lauren Betts (UCLA) and Madison Booker (Texas) headline the women's finalists.
🏒 Four goals away: Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal in the Capitals' 4-3 win over the Bruins. He's now four goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky with eight games left in the regular season.
🏀 Maryland hires Williams: Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams is leaving College Station for College Park, where he'll replace Kevin Willard (now at Villanova). Williams went 120-73 in six seasons with the Aggies and was twice named SEC Coach of the Year.
🏒 Ryan Leonard's whirlwind week
It's that time of year again, when the NCAA hockey season comes to a close and elite college players join the NHL for the stretch run. Few are as good as Ryan Leonard, and perhaps none get to start their careers under circumstances quite as exciting as his.
Homecoming debut: Leonard, a Massachusetts native who spent the last two seasons at Boston College, made his Capitals debut on Tuesday night against his hometown Bruins, registering 14:14 of ice time in Washington's 4-3 win.
That was the culmination of a wild three days for the ...
